“The San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2023,” which began in 2000 and has become one of the most influential liquor competitions in the world, was held in the United States in April 2023! This year, more than 3,000 spirits were entered in the competition, and happily, our country’s whiskies won …

A new single malt whisky will be released by Kirin Brewery Company, Limited. “Fuji,” which has been focused on grain whisky, will finally be available as a single malt, with the release of “Kirin Single Malt Japanese Whisky Fuji” on May 16 and “Kirin Single Malt Japanese Whisky Fuji 50th …

Last year, on December 17 (Sat.) and 18 (Sun.), 2022, the Institute of Whisky Culture hosted “JAPANESE FES 2022 in TOKYO“, a two-day event featuring a large collection of Japanese whiskies, gins, and spirits. We went to the event to check the latest Japanese whisky trends and provide valuable information …

Kirin Single Blended Japanese Whiskey Fuji is the newest addition to the Fuji brand, which was introduced in 2020 and became a new standard in June of this year. Many Japanese craft whiskeys focus on local barley, but in the case of Kirin, they do not focus on the place …

“Kirin Single Blended Japanese Whiskey Fuji” will be available from the Fuji Gotemba Distillery of Kirin Brewery Company, Limited for a full year (approximately 4,700 cases shipped in the first year) from June 7, 2022, and from “Kirin Single Blended Japanese Whiskey Fuji 2022Masterpiece” will be available in a limited …

The World Whiskies Awards, a whisky competition to select the best whisky in each category from among whisky entries from around the world, has announced the results of the preliminary rounds for each country for 2022. In this article, I will introduce the results of the first round in Japan, …

We are pleased to announce the opening of the second edition of our new Japanese Whisky Catalog . We have compiled a lineup of Japanese whisky sales information scattered across the web, including information on manufacturers, brands, and products released in the past, in an easy-to-understand manner, in the hope …

Fuji Sanroku 18 Year Old Blended Small Batch 2018 is a new version of Kirin Whisky Fuji Sanroku Blended 18 Year Old 2016, which in 2017 won its first gold medal at the International Spirits Challenge (ISC) 2017, the world’s leading liquor competition. It is a deep, mature and aromatic …

The “non-chill filtered” process further evolves the delicious taste of the special “50° alcohol content” . It will be released on March 22, 2016. The non-chill-filtered method is a method of bottling whiskey without cooling and filtration to keep the flavorful ingredients in the whiskey. This method is mainly used …

Fuji Sanroku Signature Blend” is a blended whisky created by the world’s best blending technology by carefully selecting raw spirits that have reached their peak of maturity. It is a blend of the world-renowned grain whiskies from Gotemba Distillery and the blending techniques of Master Blender Jota Tanaka, who won …